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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
4 calories/gram
milk - enriched grains
can consume more calories without weight gain
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
2. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
protein
low albumin levels < 3.4
starches - sugars - and cellulose
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
3. What does DASH stand for?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
protein
hemoglobin
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
4. The higher the BMR a client has --
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
can consume more calories without weight gain
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
day week or month
5. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
liver and intestinal synthesis
decrease in total lymphocyte count
6. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
fat soluble vitamins
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
3 cups
7. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vitamin K
18-25
one tspn salt or less
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
8. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
fats
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
500 cal/day
9. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
cream cheese - cream or butter
starches - sugars - and cellulose
decrease in total lymphocyte count
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
10. How many calories/gram is protein?
albumin levels
one week period
4 calories/gram
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
11. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
prealbumin levels
2.5 cups
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
12. What is normal albumin levels?
pregnant women or elderly
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
13. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
apple is higher risk than a pear
milk - enriched grains
protein
diet recall
14. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
cream cheese - cream or butter
low albumin levels < 3.4
day week or month
hemorrhage
15. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
review of systems
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
4 calories/gram
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
16. What is the function of vitamin E?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
antioxidant - immune function
carrots and sweet potatoes
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
17. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
protein
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
18. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
3 cups
500 cal/day
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
fat soluble vitamins
19. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
3 cups
albumin levels
transferrin
2 cups
20. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
vitamin K
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
liver and intestinal synthesis
21. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
2.5 cups
6 oz. a day
vitamin C - citrus fruits
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
22. What function is vitamin A?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
one week period
dietary approach to stop hypertension
23. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
transferrin
3 cups
prealbumin levels
dark green - orange - drybeans
24. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
carrots and sweet potatoes
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
25. What foods have high quality protein?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
B and C
pregnant women or elderly
5.5 ounces/day
26. Where can you get more vitamin D?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
dairy and fortified foods
review of systems
decrease in total lymphocyte count
27. What is RDA of protein?
liver and intestinal synthesis
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
4 calories/gram
28. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
one tspn salt or less
29. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
500 cal/day
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
30. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
pregnant women or elderly
atrophy or wasting of muscle
31. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
day week or month
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
review of systems
2.5 cups
32. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
can consume more calories without weight gain
protein
300 cal/day increase
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
33. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
milk - enriched grains
protein and fat
prealbumin levels
rickets - osteomalacia
34. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
essential amino acids
transferrin
fats
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
35. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
transferrin
protein and fat
hemoglobin
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
36. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
decrease in total lymphocyte count
6 oz. a day
pregnant women or elderly
low albumin levels < 3.4
37. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
rickets - osteomalacia
milk - enriched grains
fats
300 cal/day increase
38. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
apple is higher risk than a pear
trans fatty acid
albumin levels
39. Sources of fats
B and C
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
protein and fat
40. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
6 oz. a day
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
41. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
fats
hemoglobin
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
42. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
2.5 cups
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
6 oz. a day
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
43. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
pregnant women or elderly
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
TPN total parenteral nutrition
transferrin
44. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
liver and intestinal synthesis
4 calories/gram
fat soluble vitamins
albumin levels
45. What function is vitamin D?
essential amino acids
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
6 oz. a day
46. What type of people need extra protein?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
47. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
300 cal/day increase
essential amino acids
albumin levels
protein
48. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
6 oz. a day
review of systems
fat soluble vitamins
49. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
one week period
low albumin levels < 3.4
diet recall
50. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
essential amino acids
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
decrease in total lymphocyte count
one week period